Review: Village Heart Bakery Café It's a straightforward principle but the Village Hearth Bakery Café has perfected it: keep things simple and the quality will shine through.

Review: Jaho Coffee & Tea Jaho is dedicated to slow living and slow brewing, but the haughty morning attitude of Boston commuters rushing for a cup may challenge this shop's efforts to make caffeine consumption relaxing.

Off the beaten tap Once upon a time beer was made with just four ingredients: malts, hops, yeast, and water.

Review: Village Heart Bakery Café It's a straightforward principle but the Village Hearth Bakery Café has perfected it: keep things simple and the quality will shine through.

Review: Jaho Coffee & Tea Jaho is dedicated to slow living and slow brewing, but the haughty morning attitude of Boston commuters rushing for a cup may challenge this shop's efforts to make caffeine consumption relaxing.

Off the beaten tap Once upon a time beer was made with just four ingredients: malts, hops, yeast, and water.

Greased up in Gloucester When people picture the greasy pole, they often envision men scaling a vertical pole, as in Boston's Festival Betances.

Review: Tamarind House Tamarind House perhaps shows too restrained a hand with its cuisine's boldest flavors, but it's a useful step up from the bowdlerized meekness of the suburban Thai run-of-the-mill.

Don’t fear the sphere: The tao of wiffleball If you're the type of person that spent your youth perfecting that Nomahh Garciaparra batting ritual, or you still find yourself bragging about the wicked riser you used to throw in your backyard, then head to Slater Park this weekend and show your stuff.

Review: Jasmine Taste of Persia Boston is fortunate to boast a number of worthy budget-priced Persian restaurants, among which Jasmine Taste of Persia, located in a stretch of Watertown thick with indie restaurants and Armenian bakeries/grocers, has to rate highly.

Review: Senna The story of Brazilian Formula One champion Ayrton Senna sounds, well, just like a movie — Le Mans , maybe, or Talladega Nights without the comedy.

Review: Manhattan Short Film Festival This selection of 10 short films from around the world runs the gamut of genres, from a brisk actioner to a political documentary to playful horror.

What company are you from? Confused by the "Occupy" movement, whether "Occupy Wall Street" or "Occupy Maine" or "Occupy the one-person bathroom in the coffee place" or whatever else?